Tag: Krista Tippett
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We have a song to sing, one note to the next
In an interview with Krista Tippett, cellist Yo-Yo Ma reflects on the transitions inherent in life while quoting Isaac Stern: “The music happens between the notes.” “What does this mean?” Yo-Yo Ma pauses to ask. “How do you get from A to B? Do you glide into the next note, is it a smooth transfer,…
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How to Be: Thoughts about Guns and the Value of Life
I made a mistake yesterday. While waiting to catch my flight home from a board meeting, I joined a debate about gun control on a friend’s Facebook thread. I don’t typically participate in such debates via social media. Our emboldened rhetoric behind the anonymity of the computer screen is, I believe, problematic. But I was…
Teri McDowell Ott 